INDIANAPOLIS — Of all the people who’ll be wearing orange Friday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, the one Michigan power forward Glenn Robinson was asked most often to discuss was Cuonzo Martin. Indeed, Martin is Tennessee’s coach.

Now, Martin was a heck of a player in his day, but his day passed two decades ago. And it’s true some college coaches have encroached far too often and far too deep onto the court. But it seems highly unlikely Martin will go so far as to box out Robinson as he attempts to pursue available rebounds.

Robinson’s primary problem in Michigan’s NCAA Tournament Midwest Region semifinal against Tennessee will wear not a sport coat but rather jersey No. 34. That’s Jeronne Maymon. He is 6-8, 260 pounds. Robinson is 6-6, 220. You can do the math on that, as well as the difference between Maymon (8.6 per game) and Robinson (4.4) as rebounders.

If you watched the NCAA championship last season between Louisville and Michigan, you saw Cardinals point guard Peyton Siva make some terrific drives and wing Luke Hancock hitting big 3-point shots, but the most important element of the Cards’ 82-76 victory was power forward Chane Behanan’s beastly work on the offensive boards. He grabbed seven of them, all in the second half, and turned them into six points that could be considered decisive. A whole lot of Behanan’s success came at Robinson’s expense.

“It definitely pushed me through,” Robinson said. “Every time I got into the weight room, I thought about that. At the end of the game, it wasn’t just me, but Chane was killing everybody on the glass.

“I think that teams kind of look to do that, especially now, with me playing the 4. If they have bigger guys they look to attack me. Against Texas, we kind of stopped that right from the start. I blocked a shot and they didn’t go back to him that much afterwards.”

However you want to measure it, Michigan is not one of the better rebounding teams in Division I. The Wolverines’ rebound rate — the percentage of available rebounds they collect — ranks about 150th. In rebound margin they are tied for 173rd. In defensive rebounding, they fare only slightly better.

With Maymon and the other half of their beefy inside tandem — 6-8, 260-pound Jarnell Stokes — the Volunteers rank third in rebound margin and rebounding rate.

Maymon said he did not watch much of last year’s title game, but he knows the Wolverines can be bested — perhaps even beasted — along the baseline.

“Hopefully we can take advantage," Maymon said “I heard they’re really bad at rebounding, like 200-some in the nation, so that’s one of our strong suits. Hopefully we can get a lot of extra shot attempts and take advantage of them.

“I don’t think we want to get into a shooting war with Michigan."

The Wolverines boast the most efficient offense remaining in the tournament. Even with their rebounding issues, they convert 47.5 percent of their field goals, as well as 39.8 percent of their 3-pointers. Their advantage along the frontcourt is that Robinson can sneak into transition and punish opponents by throwing down fastbreak lobs or station himself on the perimeter and dare Maymon or Stokes to guard him. The Vols frequently use switching defensive schemes, but that means Maymon might be at risk of finding himself in matchups against All-American guard Nik Stausksas and developing wing Caris LeVert and having to defend players who can attack off the bounce.

“I think it will be the first team we’ve played all season, in my opinion, with four guys on the perimeter that can pass, shoot, dribble the ball, come off ball screens, can attack the rim, can shoot pull-ups,” Martin said. “You don’t see many teams like that, can do it on the perimeter.”

Martin certainly will understand the importance of turning the matchup with Robinson into a scrum, not a sprint. He has known Robinson since Glenn III was a baby. He was roommates with Glenn Robinson, Jr., when the Big Dog was terrorizing defenses for Purdue. When he played in the Sweet 16 in his final college season, Robinson dominated Kansas with 44 points. Martin scored 29 in that game. Curiously enough, it was played at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, which now is Martin’s homecourt.

“I have a good relationship with Glenn — obviously my roommate, teammate, a great player, probably the best I’ve ever played with or against,” Martin said. “I’m happy for him. I’m happy for Tre … and it will be fun playing against him. I’m happy to see where he’s home, how far he’s come as a basketball player.”

GR3 — as he’s sometimes known — was recruited by Martin to play at Tennessee but chose to join his friend Mitch McGary in committing to Michigan. It hasn’t turned out badly. The Wolverines played in the national title game last season and are the current Big Ten Conference champions.

“At times I didn’t even feel like I was being recruited,” Robinson said. “That was like my uncle. He kind of just told me: Do what’s best for you. He never put pressure on me.

“They always tell stories about when I was younger, because my dad, his last year in college, they had me. They would always tell stories about Cuonzo being over the house.

“He’s a great family friend. I know him well. Great guy. Great coach. It will be fun to match up against him.”

Except they won’t be matched up at all. Maymon and Stokes are the players Robinson must face. As great as Martin was for the Boilermakers once, this is a tougher assignment.